RAILWAY WANTED.
MASTERTON TO WAIPUKURAUii f [BY TELEGRAPH. —-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] . Wellington - , Monday. J ) The construction of a railway from Mas*J| | terton to Waipukurau, via Alfredtofeft Waterfalls, Waione, and Weber, wa<jf| ; urged by a deputation to the Prime Minis|A| fer (Sir Joseph Ward) to-day. It cobM. prised the chairmen of county councils a 'M the district, and included Messrs. A. W'Jg: Hogg, M.P., and R. B. Ross, M.P., an® the Hon. W. C. Smith, M.L.C., who .forgßp merly represented, the district in ■ th|iS| House of Representatives. The Prime Minister thought the tiMjap required would cost nearly £700,000 filHy^s equipped. It would not be much satisfaction to start the line and spend £10,0(3®»| a .year on it. The deputation would hat®--" dead and buried before the end of came. What was wanted was an aUo|||p cation of £50,000 a year, bub there would; be no chance of doing this until railwgfpilf now in hand were got out of the waj»sJlb He would' be very pleased to visit the disk's trict, and he would again put on reeofl§&'J the need of the line. ' jIP
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14491, 4 October 1910, Page 6
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